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if you taxed it, $6 billion if you taxed it like alcohol and tobacco. >> absolutely. instead of this being a drain on resources, tax it like anything else and it would be a contribution to our economy. and it's the stabilizing, look, it's not fairly done. look at arrests for marijuana, disproportionately it comes from minority groups. a lot of highly educated, upper income white kids who smoke it. much less likely to get arrested. and a street problem in new york. stop and frisk. it adds a degree of social disorganization and it's an impingement on personal freedom. >> there was a study out of yale which i wanted to get your opinion on. all of the points you make, a lot of people support. if you use cigarettes or marijuana, those are crucial indicators of using harder drugs later on in life. they kind of refer to it as a gateway drug. what do you think about that? >> i guess we would have to outlaw cigarettes. secondly -- >> states will never do that. they need the money too much. >> but that's one of the points i'm making, and okay, we'll keep you from smoking mariju
if you taxed it, $6 billion if you taxed it like alcohol and tobacco. >> absolutely. instead of this being a drain on resources, tax it like anything else and it would be a contribution to our economy. and it's the stabilizing, look, it's not fairly done. look at arrests for marijuana, disproportionately it comes from minority groups. a lot of highly educated, upper income white kids who smoke it. much less likely to get arrested. and a street problem in new york. stop and frisk. it adds...
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we could tax it. again, it is the expensive. it is not family done. if you look at the arrests for marijuana. they come from minority groups and there are highly educated and upper income white kids that smoke it and the big problem in new york. it adds a degree of social disorganization and it is an impri impingement on personal freedom. >> they said if you use cigarettes or marijuana. those are crucial indicators of a gateway drug. >> first of all, we would have to outlaw cigarette smoking. you say it was cigarettes and marijuana. >> but, that is one of the points i'm making. you tell people, we are going to promote the smoking of cigarettes and i think that excesser baits social tensions. there is nothing about marijuana that has a great deal in common with heroin that the law treats them similarly. >> i thought for a second that i was talking to ron paul. >> we are in great agreement on this and not banning gambling. we differ on the economic situation although it involves other people. >> i guess i have to ask you a crucial question here. do you
we could tax it. again, it is the expensive. it is not family done. if you look at the arrests for marijuana. they come from minority groups and there are highly educated and upper income white kids that smoke it and the big problem in new york. it adds a degree of social disorganization and it is an impri impingement on personal freedom. >> they said if you use cigarettes or marijuana. those are crucial indicators of a gateway drug. >> first of all, we would have to outlaw...
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to avert the fiscal cliff, in which everything from payroll taxes to full tax rates will go up. >>> and now our fourth story outfront. under attack by hackers. this was pretty incredible because the white house today confirmed that its military office was the target of a cyber attack with a suspected attacker, china. this is the office responsible for the united states of america's nuclear warplane. now, cnn has learned this was an unclassified network which was hit. officials say they dealt with the threat, but these attacks are relentless and the pentagon encounters thousands of them a day. how does washington keep up with this threat? "outfront" tonight, retired colonel cedric leighton. colonel, great to see you. the white house is saying we dealt with this, still, this is the white house. this is an office which is responsible for the united states of america's nuclear war plans how. how serious was this? >> it's great to see you, too, but this is too close for comfort when it comes to hacking attacks, especially when it comes to protecting the nuclear codes and anything else th
to avert the fiscal cliff, in which everything from payroll taxes to full tax rates will go up. >>> and now our fourth story outfront. under attack by hackers. this was pretty incredible because the white house today confirmed that its military office was the target of a cyber attack with a suspected attacker, china. this is the office responsible for the united states of america's nuclear warplane. now, cnn has learned this was an unclassified network which was hit. officials say they...
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is going to increase taxes across the board of the biggest tax increase in history on january 1st. and mitt romney understands that you have to have small business to grow these jobs. and that's the way we're going to invest in small businesses. take the job-killing obamacare regulations that will crush small businesses, but then give -- replace it with good policies that allow businesses to buy health insurance with what they need, buy it across state lines, have preexisting conditions covered. but the kind of policies that they won't be bankrupt and fined. and 20 million people are expected by this -- by the administration's own calculations, 20 million people -- i guess it was cbo said it would lose their coverage under obama care and that's not going to work for my state of virginia. >> i have to say, i hope he has your ability to go without taking a breath and have things that make sense. jim, let me ask, barbara talked about mitt romney wants to talk about his tax plan. i'm sure that the president wants to talk about mitt romney's tax plan too. specifically that promise to cu
is going to increase taxes across the board of the biggest tax increase in history on january 1st. and mitt romney understands that you have to have small business to grow these jobs. and that's the way we're going to invest in small businesses. take the job-killing obamacare regulations that will crush small businesses, but then give -- replace it with good policies that allow businesses to buy health insurance with what they need, buy it across state lines, have preexisting conditions...
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his tax cut wouldn't be anywhere near that size. >> so you're disputing the size of the tax cut? or are you disputing also how he's going to pay for it? >> we're disputing the size. >> erin, he has campaigned on lowering tax cuts by 20% for everybody, including those in the top 1%. that was one of the main selling points in the republican primary. >> so you're saying if you lower them by 20% you get a $5 trillion tab, right? >> it's a $5 trillion tab. >> but when he closes deductions he won't be anywhere near $5 trillion. that's our analysis. >> well with, okay, stipulated, it won't be near $5 trillion, but it's also not going to be the sum of $5 trillion in the loopholes that he's going to close. it is going to cost someone and it's going to cost the middle class. independent economists have taken a look at this. there aren't enough deductions for those at the top to account for the number of tax cuts that they get because of mitt romney's policies. you have to raise taxes on the middle class, as bill clinton says, it's simple math. >> they'll say, though, that you can do that.
his tax cut wouldn't be anywhere near that size. >> so you're disputing the size of the tax cut? or are you disputing also how he's going to pay for it? >> we're disputing the size. >> erin, he has campaigned on lowering tax cuts by 20% for everybody, including those in the top 1%. that was one of the main selling points in the republican primary. >> so you're saying if you lower them by 20% you get a $5 trillion tab, right? >> it's a $5 trillion tab. >> but...
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and he's not moving for tax reasons. which brings us to tonight's number. $38 billion. that is the amount of money australia is spending to build a national broadband network of affordable high-speed internet access. the plan is set to be completed by 2021. it's going to offer uniform pricing around australia. so every community, whether you live in an urban or rural community, has access. and woz really likes this, because he says the options are currently available in california are a monopoly he doesn't like them. hey, you know, if that's the way you feel about your cable provider, go ahead and move to australia. we can't all do that. but this is the second american innovator to look to other countries this year. and it's not good for the u.s. because, you know, i'm not a genius like the woz, but a country that is a cheap broadband and might i add, 1 million of the greatest creatures on earth -- yeah. camels live there. can't be all that bad. maybe i'll have to follow. woz to oz. >>> all right. and now let's get to our outer circle where we reach out to sources aroun
and he's not moving for tax reasons. which brings us to tonight's number. $38 billion. that is the amount of money australia is spending to build a national broadband network of affordable high-speed internet access. the plan is set to be completed by 2021. it's going to offer uniform pricing around australia. so every community, whether you live in an urban or rural community, has access. and woz really likes this, because he says the options are currently available in california are a...
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a 75% tax on the wealthy. that's right. if you make over a million euros, about $1.3 million, you're going to have to pay 75% of it. an analyst say the cuts will help, but they're not enough to meet the government's goals and we're already aware of some who are moving. >>> two soil samples have been taken from roseville, michigan to search for jimmy hoffa's body. we should know the results on monday. if human remains are detected, there will be more excavation. the police chief is saying, quote, there's no discernible remains found in today's search. he was the former teamster's boss who went missing in 1975 and declared missing seven years after that. >>> it has been 421 days since the u.s. lost its top credit rate i rating. more people said they think more jobs would be created in the coming months. that of course is a really big thing. more jobs will slash that deficit. >>> our third story, another day, another bad set of numbers for mitt romney. there are two new polls today by the american research group and they have
a 75% tax on the wealthy. that's right. if you make over a million euros, about $1.3 million, you're going to have to pay 75% of it. an analyst say the cuts will help, but they're not enough to meet the government's goals and we're already aware of some who are moving. >>> two soil samples have been taken from roseville, michigan to search for jimmy hoffa's body. we should know the results on monday. if human remains are detected, there will be more excavation. the police chief is...